Question:
After a dicussion about the classic Caine/Stallone football film.
A mate told me he'd heard its based on a true story, surely this cant be right??:confused:
I think it is the normal Hollywood based on a true story which really means:
we heard a rumour, researched it, was not exciting enough, we hired a writer.
There was a Football match between the Brit P.O.W's and the German Army.
That's where the film and real life part company.
And in real life, Pele was ***** :nuts:
Just found this....
THE REAL ESCAPE TO VICTORY (Well almost, they didn't escape!)
This is the story that Yabo Yablonsky based his script on after reading the details of the story in the New York Times.
Those who have seen the movie "Escape to Victory", starring the unlikely combination of Sylvester Stallone, Pele, Michael Caine and Mike Summerbee, may have rubbished the unlikely plot as much as Stallone's wooden goalkeeping skills. But truth is, as they say, often stranger than fantasy.
The most serious European clash of all came in 1942 when the Soviet club side Start of Kiev, were invited - oh yeah! - to play the occupying Germans. The Start team, which included some members of the Dynamo Kiev side, thrashed the Germans army team 5-3. The startled Germans brought on another side, called PGS which was duly trounced 6-0. Next up was a Hungarian team despatched 5-1 and then 3-2 in a second leg. Start had captured the public imagination and the Germans realised they had made a rod for their own back. The footballers had become a symbol of local resistance to Nazi rule. Top German army team Flakelf was brought in and duly beaten 2-1. The occupiers then made a critical decision. No more Mr Nice Guy. A re match was ordered and the Soviets were warned they would be shot if they won. The threat backfired and the Germans were given such a mauling the referee had to stop the match early. As the Start team left the pitch they were arrested. Eight were executed and a German match report read simply..."the fact that our team lost must not be regarded an achievement on the part of the Start team." Makes the life and death struggles of the Champions League look a bit puny doesn't it.
A mate told me he'd heard its based on a true story, surely this cant be right??:confused:
Answers:
I think it is the normal Hollywood based on a true story which really means:
we heard a rumour, researched it, was not exciting enough, we hired a writer.
Answers:
There was a Football match between the Brit P.O.W's and the German Army.
That's where the film and real life part company.
Answers:
And in real life, Pele was ***** :nuts:
Answers:
Just found this....
THE REAL ESCAPE TO VICTORY (Well almost, they didn't escape!)
This is the story that Yabo Yablonsky based his script on after reading the details of the story in the New York Times.
Those who have seen the movie "Escape to Victory", starring the unlikely combination of Sylvester Stallone, Pele, Michael Caine and Mike Summerbee, may have rubbished the unlikely plot as much as Stallone's wooden goalkeeping skills. But truth is, as they say, often stranger than fantasy.
The most serious European clash of all came in 1942 when the Soviet club side Start of Kiev, were invited - oh yeah! - to play the occupying Germans. The Start team, which included some members of the Dynamo Kiev side, thrashed the Germans army team 5-3. The startled Germans brought on another side, called PGS which was duly trounced 6-0. Next up was a Hungarian team despatched 5-1 and then 3-2 in a second leg. Start had captured the public imagination and the Germans realised they had made a rod for their own back. The footballers had become a symbol of local resistance to Nazi rule. Top German army team Flakelf was brought in and duly beaten 2-1. The occupiers then made a critical decision. No more Mr Nice Guy. A re match was ordered and the Soviets were warned they would be shot if they won. The threat backfired and the Germans were given such a mauling the referee had to stop the match early. As the Start team left the pitch they were arrested. Eight were executed and a German match report read simply..."the fact that our team lost must not be regarded an achievement on the part of the Start team." Makes the life and death struggles of the Champions League look a bit puny doesn't it.
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